NSSA - National Skeet Shooting Association
The National Skeet Shooting Association is the world's largest organization dedicated to the sport of Skeet Shooting.
You can keep up with all event scores in a timely manner, as well as being aware of all upcoming registered events, by receiving our monthly Skeet Scoreboard and Upcoming Shoots email. The results and events are formatted like magazine pages and can be viewed online, downloaded, or printed. The email is distributed on the 16th of each month. Sign up for it at bit.ly/NSSAScores. You are welcome to share that link with non-members who are interested.
There is much as skeet shooters that we owe to the people who have led the NSSA. Their leadership and dedication have made it the premier shooting organization in the U.S. One of those, Jim Conley, was from Nebraska. He passed June 29 at the age of 81.
Jim’s shooting career started fairly late. He was 36 when he began a more than 40-year pursuit of skeet excellence. It wasn’t long before he emerged as a top shot in Nebraska. He was on the Nebraska All-State Team for 25 consecutive years, while shooting more than 210,000 registered skeet targets. He also attended 40 consecutive World Skeet Shooting Championships.
As his career progressed, he became president of North Platte’s Lincoln County Wildlife Gun Club, president of the Nebraska Skeet Association, NSSA Director, and eventually president of the National Skeet Shooting Association. In 1994, he was inducted into the Nebraska Skeet Shooting Association Hall of Fame.
Along the way, he and his longtime two-man team partner, Bill Harder, set a World Record, shooting 200 X 200 skeet doubles. His individual wins included 22 State Shoot titles and numerous gun titles across the country, highlighted by winning the U.S. Open, which was held in Pennsylvania. He tied with All-American Dave Starrett, both shooting 399/400. Jim won the shoot-off. That year Jim was awarded All-American status.
His influence on skeet shooting and skeet shooters over the years are immeasurable. Few were as well-liked in the skeet community.
Funeral services were held in North Platte on July 26. You can read more about Jim’s extraordinary life at carpentermemorial.com.
– Contributed by Bill Harder
NSSA member and former All-American Michael H. Ishikawa, Jr. of La Habra, California, passed away April 3, 2018. He was the husband of Doreen Yuriko Ishikawa and also leaves behind three children and numerous grandchildren.
NSSA member Gary Boeker remembers Mike as a great friend and squadmate. “He always took his time to help other shooters, and he will be missed by all that knew him. He was a true professional and a very good promoter of our sport.”
Boeker met Mike in 2010, and the two started shooting skeet together at Triple B Clays, along with squad members Keith Phelps, Fred Sanders, and Hal Garb. After having shot together at tournaments and fun shoots, the squad decided to make the trip together to the World Shoot in San Antonio in 2011. Mike became an All-American for his shooting in the 2011 season. “Mike always said to me as I was about to step on the station, ‘Gary, get ’em,'” said Boeker.
When Mike was named to the 2012 Krieghoff All-American team, the LA Japanese Daily News wrote a piece about his accomplishment. Read the article here.
The NSSA extends its sympathies to the Ishikawa family and to Mike’s many friends.
Voting is now open for NSSA Directors, with members voting for representatives from each U.S. state, Canadian province, U.S. military branch, and several other countries. Ballots have been emailed to members with a link for online voting. The deadline to vote is June 30, 2018, and the new Board of Directors will serve the term of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020.
Military members – active duty, retired and veteran – may vote for a Director in either their branch of service OR in their state. They may not vote for both. To vote in your military branch, you must have your military credentials on file with NSSA.
If you did not receive a ballot by email, contact Stephanie Haga, shaga@nssa-nsca.com, or 210-688-3371 ext. 122, to request one.
The National Skeet Shooting Association in San Antonio, Texas, is now accepting applications for the independent contractor position of NSSA Chief Youth Instructor. Candidates must possess, at a minimum, an NSSA Level I Instructor certification. Candidates must have knowledge of skeet shooting, the standard methods of teaching shooting from the NSSA instructors courses, and the NSSA Youth Camp Program.
Candidates must be able to coordinate with gun clubs, camp directors, and the NSSA Director of Skeet and his staff to ensure camps are being conducted as intended. The Chief Youth Instructor must conduct youth camps as necessary, communicate with those interested in hosting a youth camp, and communicate with staff at NSSA headquarters as required. The Chief Youth Instructor is the primary organizer of NSSA youth camps as well as the primary conductor of the camps for clubs that need assistance. All prospective candidates must possess effective verbal and written communicative skills and basic computer knowledge.
This is a remote position.
Submit resumes to Nathan Boyd – NSSA, 5931 Roft Road, San Antonio, TX 78253 or nboyd@nssa-nsca.com. Resumes must be received by March 21. Resumes received after March 21 will not be considered.
Job Scope: NSSA
A successful candidate for the position of NSSA Chief Youth Instructor should meet the following requirements and possess the following qualities:
Leadership & Management:
Communication
Personal
